Feature Technology: Context Menu

The Feature Technology context menu provides functions for configuring the feature technology as well as switching it on/off. To open this context menu, right-click in an empty area of the pane, i.e. not on a feature log entry.

If you switch the Design variant base body entry from NO to YES, the Design Variant functions will be added to the context menu:

Recalculate

Calculate to end

Calculate next feature

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Insert feature

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Enter body creation feature

Switch feature Off

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Create feature variant

Design variant base body: YES

Create design variant

Design variant in initial situation

Recalculate design variant

Edit start script (CSharp)

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Parameter variables of variant

Local variant variables

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Feature configuration

Processing external reference ...

If you right-click a feature log entry, the context menu looks slightly different and contains additional functions, such as Formula for the processed part, or Formula for processed assembly.

Context menu of feature log entry (right-click entry)

Switch Feature Technology On/Off

If you create a new drawing, the feature technology is automatically active. However, you can deactivate/reactivate logging for the active part at any time. To do this, use one of the following two functions.

Function

Description

Switch feature Off

You use the Switch feature Off function to deactivate the feature technology for the active part.

This means:

Further processing on the part is no longer recorded in the feature log.
The log belonging to the active part is deleted.

Caution: Please note that you can no longer undo this procedure!!

Enter body creation feature

You use the Enter body creation feature function to switch on feature technology if you want to reactivate it for

a loaded part, or
a part drawn without feature log
and hence log the subsequent processing steps for the part.

Once the function has been activated, a feature log with the entry Generate Body is created.